Helen Sinoradzki

“I bought my first collection from that little bookstore, on their recommendation, and fell in love with the writer M.F.K. Fisher, whose...

Many years ago I wrote a long story using an old plot, a stranger comes to town—in this case, three strangers who arrive at different...

Several years ago I started writing a memoir about my time as a member of a Catholic lay institute run by a priest who abused the...

Before I came to Portland, I wrote without contact with fellow writers. Some writers work that way their whole lives. It didn't work for...

Yesterday Pope Francis met with six victims of sexual abuse by priests, saying a private mass for them and meeting with them...

Some writers say there is no such thing as writer's block, that you sit with a blank screen or a blank piece of paper until you put words...

“Playing with point of view is the most instructive thing a writer can do.” Stevan Allred, co-teacher with Joanna Rose at The Pinewood...

Ten years ago, I made a list of my top five favorite books. They are all books I've read more than once, a luxury I don't allow myself...